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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 318. Here is a list of some of the ways in which people are connected to each other. Some people can be connected to you in more than one way. For example a man could be your brother and he may belong to your church and be your lawyer. When I read you a name, please tell me all the ways that person is connected to you. THIS PERSON IS SPOUSE
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | mentioned | no answer | not mentioned | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 364 | 79 | 3 | 1088 | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 385 | 69 | 25 | 1340 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1977 | 51 | 47 | 737 | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 68951 | 199 | 75 | 3165 | 72390 |
1 mentioned
2 not mentioned
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook